The famed amusement district marks the beginning of summer with a wild procession of nautical creatures.

This metal eagle one of the final remnants of a newspaper that wanted to keep Brooklyn to Brooklyn.

This neo-Gothic former auto showroom is one of the few remaining reminders of Brooklyn's "Automobile Row."

A quiet memorial marks the spot where the victims of the Salem Witch Trials were executed.

The highest point in Washington state is a volcano covered in glaciers.

A small town market proudly displays numerous taxidermied animals along its walls.

This statue and its surrounding plaques tells the story of Ko-kwal-alwoot and the kinship between the Samish people and the sea.

One of the most elaborate displays of Jellyfish is on display at the aquarium.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

The French deconstructionist had a weakness for baked goods.

Sip a cappuccino in the historic cafe that introduced them to the United States.

New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.

A no-frills cinephile haven known for showing offbeat, underseen films.

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Volunteer-run library dedicated to exploring five decades of activism history.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.

Once a favorite playground for the world's most illustrious guests, Hotel Nacional's secret weapons and bunkers reveal a more menacing side to its golden history.

Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.